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The Global Green Skills Report 2023 by LinkedIn has shown that India already beats several other countries when it comes to the acquisition of green skills among automotive industry workers..
Sameer Aggarwal, CEO and Founder at Revfin, said that about 20 million jobs will be created by 2030, encompassing a wide range of roles, from research and development to manufacturing, charging infrastructure deployment and skilled technical positions, thereby cultivating a diverse and robust employment landscape..
Girish Lobo, who has considerable experience in the automotive industry and is now the HR head of Altigreen, said that hiring for the sales and marketing functions is not difficult in the EV sector since fundamentally, skills needed for ICE vehicles and EVs in these job roles remain similar..
People come from an ICE vehicle point of view here We get the required candidates but then they need six to eight months of training to become proficient, he said.. Sharma of Hero Electric said that companies often encounter skill gaps in battery thermal management, energy density improvement and safety enhancement; and in charging station design, grid integration functions...
There is also some struggle to hire the right people for data and AI application functions. Lobo of Altigreen said, The industry for these skills is not very mature till now so sometimes do not get ideal fits..
